GrizzlyCorps | Responding to the Changing Climate | California

an AmeriCorps program

ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS TO THE CHANGING CLIMATE

What is Grizzlycorps?

GrizzlyCorps is a new AmeriCorps program launched in 2020 designed by Project Climate at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment in partnership with CaliforniaVolunteers. Our program sends recent college graduates into rural communities across California to promote regenerative agri-food systems and fire and forest resilience.

Liz working on a stream restoration bank.

Folks at the Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District working to restore a bank for S

Rose checking irrigation efficiency in an almond orchard.

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how we help

Capacity Building

building capacity across the state through support of local efforts and community stakeholders

Community Resilience

improving climate preparedness and equitable community resilience

Climate Action

promoting projects that mitigate and respond to unique bio-regional threats around climate disruptions in California

Professional Development

engaging recent college graduates in unique field-work settings and professional mentorship

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GrizzlyCorps Capacity-building Goals: Progress & Perception

As the Improvement & Expansion Fellow for GrizzlyCorps, I recently spent several weeks interviewing (nearly) all of our service members...

Madrona Latil Quinn

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Curiosity Over Contempt

I grew up in a dark red state, loved deeply by people who hold a lot of resentment in their hearts for “others.” For years now, I’ve...

GRIZZLYCORPS IN THE NEWS!

* Fellow Delphine filling up a watertank to irrigate silvopastures

We'd like to offer our deep thanks to PG&E and the Central Valley Foundation for their generous support of GrizzlyCorps.

Thank you to the Erin Ziegler Fund for Environmental Law for its contributions to GrizzlyCorps.

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Rose checking irrigation efficiency in an almond orchard.